St. Louis County emergency crews responded to a home on the 9200 block of Range Line Rd. in Morcom Township, near Cook, on Jan. 16 after a 911 caller reported they had been shot and was driving to the Cook Hospital. The caller reported that their daughter had shot her and that she was still at home, but had access to a vehicle.

Willmar police arrested a 36-year-old man early Sunday morning after he allegedly fired a gunshot at an officer during a foot pursuit and holed up in a garage for hours, armed with a handgun. Police said Esteban Ramos Jr., of Raymond, Minn., was stopped by an officer on the 100 block of High Ave. NE. just before 8:40 p.m. Saturday in Willmar.

Shortly after 1 a.m on Saturday, emergency crews were dispatched to the 500 block of Canyon Lane NW, after three males were found unresponsive in a residential garage. Initial arriving units reported that two of the three males were in cardiac arrest, and one was unresponsive but breathing.

St. Paul officers responded to a shooting on the 500 block of Prior Avenue North just after 9:30 pm. There, officers found a male believed to be in his 30s suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. The male victim was transported to Regions Hospital in traumatic arrest and didn’t have a pulse.

A woman died after being stabbed in the chest Sunday afternoon inside an apartment building on the 100 block of Larpenteur Ave. W. According to initial dispatch audio, a call just prior of a male suspect breaking in an apartment door may be related.

Bloomington police have arrested a man suspected of a shooting inside the Mall of America on New Year's Eve that injured two people. Kahlil Markell Wiley, 18, of Saint Paul, was arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4 on the 2600 block of Rice St. in Roseville and a firearm was recovered at the scene, police said. Wiley is being held on suspicion of 1st-degree assault with further charges forthcoming from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

A shooting in Saint Paul's east side left a man injured around 6 p.m. on Monday night. Squads responded to the scene on the 500 block of Nebraska Avenue East and located an individual with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Police and medics provided emergency care and transported the victim to the hospital where his current condition is unknown.

Emergency crews were sent to the residence in Canosia Township, which is about 15 miles northeast of Duluth, after a 911 caller went to check on the welfare of the men after they were unable to get ahold of them for several days on the phone. Once at the residence, it was discovered there had been a fire inside the home sometime in the past few days that eventually extinguished itself.

Bloomington police are investigating after two people were injured after a shooting occurred inside the Mall of America on Friday evening just before 5 p.m. Police officers inside the mall located two victims near Sears Court on the third floor of the mall. One victim had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, and another had suffered a wound to the shoulder. Both injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.

On December 23, 2021, at approximately 7 p.m., a deputy with the Wright County Sheriff’s Office was responding to a medical for a person that had possibly fallen down outside. According to a media release, the deputy arrived on the scene and did not see the victim on the ground in the un-lit driveway. The deputy pulled in and made contact with the victim at slow speed and rendered medical assistance before the victim was transported to Maple Grove Hospital, where he died a short time later.

Saint Paul police are investigating after two unrelated shootings left one man dead and another injured late Tuesday night. The first shooting occurred on the 500 block of Blair Ave around 10:15 p.m. Dec. 28. Officers reported the victim had a gunshot wound to the chest and arm. Medics transported the man to Regions Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The man who was shot and killed by an Austin police officer in the parking lot of a gas station Thursday, Dec. 23 has been identified as Kokou Christopher Fiafonou, 38, of Austin, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a media release. The BCA said a knife was recovered near Fiafonou’s body after he was shot by an officer outside the Kwik Trip at 1201 W. Oakland Ave. shortly before 10 p.m.

Saint Paul police detectives are investigating after a man was shot just before 10 p.m. on Monday on the 900 block of Rice St. The man was transported to Regions Hospital and died several hours later.

According to dispatch audio, the man had been shot in the chest and was in critical condition.

After a trial lasting eight days and deliberating for more than a combined 27 hours, a jury has found former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter guilty on first and second-degree manslaughter charges for the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright on April 11.

Sentencing will be set at a later date, but state guidelines call for a sentence of around seven years. State prosecutors have previously said they intend to seek an aggravated sentence.

A Burnsville man held in jail since a fatal shooting outside an Eagan gas station Saturday night has now been formally charged with 2nd-degree murder. Sakaria Osman Ahmed, 31, is accused of fatally shooting Faisal A. Abukar, 33, just before 7 p.m. on Dec. 18.

According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, Ahmed was among a group outside the Marathon gas station at 1969 Silver Bell Rd. when a dispute erupted and one man involved was punched in the face, then thrown to the ground by an unidentified suspect.

Saturday night just after 11 p.m., St Peter fire crews were called to a fire in a two-story historic building. Callers reported smoke and flames showing from the windows and the roof of the building. The two-story building had a business in the lower level and apartments above.

All residents of the building were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported.

A Burnsville man has been arrested and is being held on probable cause 2nd-degree assault with a dangerous weapon after another man was shot in the head early Friday evening in Eagan.

Police were dispatched to the Marathon station at 1969 Silver Bell Rd. just before 6 p.m. There, they found a male victim with a gunshot wound. Initial radio dispatches said the victim was shot in the head, struck near the ear and was initially unconscious, but still breathing.

A suspect died by suicide following a shooting in St. Cloud and a high-speed police chase on I-94 in Wright County on Monday afternoon.

St. Cloud Police responded to a shooting in a parking lot in the 1000 block of 5th Avenue South. Officers located a 20-year-old male victim with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. The victim was transported to the hospital by ambulance in serious condition. St. Cloud Officers gathered suspect information and relayed it to other nearby agencies.

The Douglas County attorney has filed four misdemeanor charges against Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson after crashing his squad car near Alexandria, Minnesota early Wednesday morning.

Hutchinson is charged with one count each of fourth-degree driving while impaired, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 within two hours, and carrying a pistol under the influence of alcohol. Hutchinson was served a summons at Alomere Hospital in Alexandria this afternoon.

Two juveniles are dead and three others are injured after crashing their vehicle during a high-speed chase in northeast Minneapolis early Thursday morning. Police say the vehicle was taken in an armed carjacking about 8 hours earlier.

Robbinsdale police spotted a vehicle matching the description of the carjacked vehicle near County Road 81 & Abbott Avenue and initiated a pursuit. Dispatch audio obtained by MN CRIME revealed the vehicle had been traveling at speeds in excess of 90 MPH before crashing near Lowry Avenue Northeast & Hayes Street.